KOS' GLASS HALF AND HALF CLOUDY - For Just a Minute Radio on Friday 101029

            G’day folks… We’ve finally gotten to the end of *this* week… I fear the coming one will be filled with argument and conflict and charges of nefarious vote-stealing bordering on body snatching. (L)

 

            We shall see. 

 

            Certainly the climate has not improved with the run-up to this election being filled with charges and counter-charges. Promises made – promises broken and in general I’ve never experienced such an election pre-finish having this level of hullabaloo.  But it’s upon us and we must endure.

 

            May I say up front that this contest has had more than its share of name calling and overall grumpiness – but I’d like to commend one of the candidates who’s both local – and has during this election cycle, become one of the national features of the election scene, who has been in the heat of the battle, but continually retained his ‘cool’ – even though he has had ample opportunity to lose it.

 

            I’m referring of course to our local legislator here in Greenville, who served three terms as the 4^th District’s congressman and now is seeking his second term as Senator from South Carolina – I mean Jim DeMint.  He’s not in need of my endorsement and as a comment provider and describer of the scene, I frankly try to maintain a low profile – but I have no hesitation in commending him for keeping his calm demeanor and saying what needed to be said upon occasion – but not overstating what is needed, and conducting himself as the gentleman I know him to be. – I said he is our “local legislator” but this year he has of necessity become a national political figure – deservedly so.  It’s not something he sought – but he’s going to need support from ‘the home folks’ – because Washington is a ‘no holds barred’ scene.  I commend him for his stance and for his dedication to the political process which he’s undertaken with calmness and with honor. Let us on the home front “keep the home fires burning” and support him in the effort he’s undertaking on our behalf.

 

            Overall, I think it’s a beautiful fall season here in the Carolinas and Georgia.  I’m happy to be able to observe the gracious gift God gives us of the beauty during this season – my favorite.  I’m glad we have more and more people able to hear our flagship station WMUU-FM due to the increased antenna height as well as the Internet streaming-audio which was recommenced during the past year.

 

            I would encourage those who feel benefitted as well as blessed by the ministry of WMUU – to communicate that to the station executives and those in charge of the programming and it’s execution.  There are engineers, production people, music librarians, accounting, sales folks whose diligence insures the signal will still reach into your homes and cars – and again computers… let them know you appreciate their work. It’s largely done more or less in a solo environment – and seldom do they hear from you in person… or by letter.  It’s not Christmas or Thanksgiving time yet… but all the more reason why your note or indication of appreciation would be even more welcome before a season that is probably going to become *very* busy.

 

            It never hurts to spread a little cheer around to faithful fellow workers… St. Paul called them fellow-laborers in the Gospel. Your encouragement of them will be of great value I assure you.

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack & Barbara Buttram

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KOS’ GLASS HALF AND HALF CLOUDY

          Just a Minute: -- Markos Moulitsas –better known as the editor of “The Daily Kos” – a liberal blog -- writes: “No doubt Democrats will suffer significant losses in next week’s elections.”  

He says the big question is whether they can hold the House And Senate… He sees optimists believing Democrats will hold their ground, while pessimists fear Democratic loss of both the House, and possibly the Senate – He says he’s with the pessimists.

West Virginia’s Governor Machin wants to be a Senator in a very close race. Pennsylvania’s seat currently occupied by Rino Specter… may go to GOP’s Toomy – but it’s also very close

Democrat Barbara Boxer has pulled ahead of Carly Fiorina in California – but neophyte Christine O’Donnell says she’s met lots of folks in Delaware in their 60’s pledging to vote for her.

A Newsweek poll late last week showed President Obama’s popularity on a rise suggesting the “enthusiasm” gap was closing… but Newsweek also points out in 1994 polls showed a similar steep climb in President Clinton’s numbers – still Democrats suffered a loss of 54 seats. – So who’s right?

          <>I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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GIBBS DRIVE FROM BACKSEAT - Just A Minute Radio for Thursday 101028

            Closer and closer we come… the suspense is …. Well… awful…

 

            Remember the black and white film “Psycho” -- ?  Just about scared everyone out of taking a shower unless someone stood outside the locked door.  “Jaws” they say had the same effect – I heard a full grown college kid say he was afraid to bathe in his tub for weeks after seeing “Jaws” – such is the power of the film-maker who controls suspense.

 

            Speaking of Suspense… it was the title of a long-running CBS radio drama that featured masters of suspense like Arch Obler – who wrote a masterpiece of radio drama called “Chicken Heart.”  I won’t reveal the story line to you… but if you can find an old recording and listen to it in a semi-dark room… I guarantee you’ll experience suspense in spades. 

 

            So here we are on a Thursday before the Friday that ends this week… then there’s only Monday that stands between us and the voting that takes place on election day next Tuesday…. Doesn’t’ the suspense make you tingle?  Who’s gonna win Cal-lee-for-ni-ay?  You’d think an old action-thriller actor like the Governor would know how to dial it back a bit… Jerry Brown vs. Meg Whitman… Barbara Boxer vs Carly Fiorina – it’s almost more than a person can stand. 

 

            But… by this time *next* week most of the hot air will be out of the balloon – and possibly they’ll still be counting ballots in Washington State or half a dozen other places.  Ohio is practically worn out with John Kasich being there… and Mr. Obama looking over his shoulder every weekend – They’ve all taken the spotlight away from Rob Blagojevich – that’s *one* positive development. – And into this mix we’re going to throw the world series?  Have Mercy!

 

            Well… my suspenders are about worn out.  I’m going to take a nap… See you tomorrow. DV.

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack Buttram

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GIBBS DRIVES FROM BACKSEAT

Just a minute -- Robert Gibbs, the Alabama red head, speaking for the President, magnified his boss’s flagrant faux-pas yesterday, digging the hole deeper.

Obama flew off script aiming for a bon mot and faked a welcome to Republicans to join his campaign bus – but said they “gotta sit in the back.”

The off-handed, racially insensitive slur occasioned a response from Dr. Timothy F. Johnson, a black Republican who heads the National Black Republican Association, who said Obama should immediately apologize for the offensive reference -- adding:
“Americans are sick and tired of these divisive statements the president continues to make -- Our first objective is November 2, 2010 [then] to find the next president of the United States, and retire … Obama to Chicago, Hawaii, or Kenya…”

Such a remark made by a Republican president would have triggered a riot from Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. Robert Gibbs portrayed it as just part of the metaphor the President’s used describing driving the economy into the ditch, adding “We’re certainly concerned with backseat driving.”

<> Ahhh how stupid can you get? -- I’m Jack Buttram. (end)

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MIZ PEARLIE'S GOT A 100% FER SHURE SCOOP - Just A Minute Radio for Wednesday 101027

            Hello There once again in the dead fast and middle of the week… The LAST week to be endured before this election cycle closes anyway.  Oh – Lord willing – there will be others, but none *Exactly* like this one, let us pray…

 

            We’ve been busy with other things around the old home place… and things to be taken care of besides politics. But it seems it’s like a giant bottom of the sea-squid… the kind that Alfred Hitchcock would be proud of to see hiding in its lair awaiting some three-masted schooner to grasp in its tentacles an slurp it straight down into Davy-Jones locker, crew-cannons and gold doubloons no matter.

 

            After a while it’s like a dream that only ends when you awaken, shaken with cold sweat (I’ve never figured that one out exactly – but those who have experienced it says it will happen if you’re scared enough.) and are wondrously delivered to find the long night is over and with the rising sun – you look forward to a new day.  Anyway…. That’s what some have termed the Obama first two years. I’m inclined to the famous lines of a Christian poem… “Even this shall pass away…” Because for those who are trusting the Lord’s good word and instruction from the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit, we stand in far better straights than “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Because there are significant other things to fear… but not if you are putting your trust in the Lord.

 

            Well, if you’re inclined to discount all the evidence in the Bible for its own veracity – and ignore the testimony of hundreds and thousands who have faced the glass in which we see ‘darkly’ – and found the reality of God and HIS creation and testimony – then indeed there will be a time when ‘cold’ sweat turns not only warm… but hot!

 

            I know this may be a point for scoffing by people who have imagined themselves smarter than God. Nonetheless… there are abundant truths around simply awaiting the proud to come to the point of surrender.  And there are thousands who have gone before – none have come back to refute God’s truth.  I’m happy with the choices the Lord has enabled me to see and make.

 

            May this be a day of encouragement and victory for you too.

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack

 

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MIZ PEARLIE’S GOT A 100% FER SHURE SCOOP

 

MizP: JUST A MINUTE: – Mr. Jack – Ah got a hunnert percent shure-fire perdiction.

Jack: Miz Pearl I promised today we’d take a look at the govrnor’s races.

MizP: Well we’s gonna do tha-ut but  Ah’m a bustin’ ta tell ya this story.

BB: Miz Pearl can’t hit wait till we goes off’n th…

MizP: Well ‘course hit can Mr. Beelie – but we needs ta tell hit firs…

Homer: Yer sorta pushin’ in hard Miz Pearl – Jack’s a-tryin’ ta tell sumpin…

MizP: An Ah’m a goin’ ta hep him…

BB: But Ah don’t thank…

MizP: You rite they-uh Mr. Beelie…

Jack: OK … we’re running out of time.

MizP: See hit was a-starin’ me in the face but  Ah… well.

Jack: Well, go ahead.

MizP: Hit’s a perdiction about a Governer’s ‘lection….

BB: Yeah… OK tell us – which state.

MizP: Hit’s Oklahomer an hit’s one hunnert percent certain they gonna ‘lect a woman governer.

Homer: Naw….

MizP: Ah’m tellin’ you th truf, Homer… th’ hunnert percent truf.

BB: Yew got som kinda tip ‘er sumpin….

MizP: Ah jist bin doin’ th’ reesarch….

Homer: An it perdicts fer certin a woman gonna git ta be governer of Oklahoma?

MizP: Perzackly rite… see --- bofh of th’ candidate is women.

(PAUSE)

BB: That’ does make hit kinda certain don’t hit.

MizP: Hit shore does – Miz Jari Askins is th Demicrat a-runnin – an Miz Mary Fallin is th’ GOP candidate.

Jack: So… who’s going to win?

MizP: Th las poll ah heard ‘about said Miz Fallin is 16 pints in th’ lead.

BB: Who-whee… I ain’t heered about this.

MizP: Problum is you ain’t a-bin listenin’ – they’s bin qite a bit back & forth about it.

Jack: OK… maybe we’ll have time to talk about it more later in the week.

Homer: We better hurry or th’ ‘lection’ll be over.

Jack: Homer’s right Miz Pearl… you keep us advised… meanwhile we’ll say g’by till nex…

MizP: But th’ lection is nex Tuesday…

Jack: I guess we can talk about it Wednesday… have to go now… I’m Jack Buttram.

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NEW YORK TIMES CARRIES STORIES ABOUT SIPHONING TEA PARTY VOTES - Just A Minute Radio for Tuesday 101026

            Well – a very good day to you…

 

            We have news. For several weeks now there have been scattered ‘smell the rat’ kinds of stories of efforts being mounted in Nevada, Colorado, Michigan, about 18 states in all, to mount fake third party or tea partiers who would siphon away Democrat votes from their opponents in a three-way race.

 

            We have such a race here in the 4^th District of SC… but we don’t know of such shenanigans – but there’s a week left yet. Anyway, I hope you’ll be listening today to JUST A MINUTE. It’s hard to get all the details in when you have just 60 seconds… but it works because of the format where we originate this info.  Anyway the new improved signal of our flagship station is getting into parts of NC, GA and TN that we never hit before… as well as most of upstate SC now too.  So… there’s more of a regional audience involved.

 

            Also the flagship station – WMUU-FM at 94.5 on the FM dial – has a signal that’s about 400 feet higher up in the air than it was over a year ago… plus recently they’ve added streaming audio to the website… which means a relative in a distant state… say California, who had no hope of hearing WMUU before… can now have their own radio station outlet right in their own home. Check it out and see if there’s not an opportunity to increase the people you share WMUU-‘s good music with in other parts of the country.

 

            Well, I’m a little side tracked… but I also had cataract surgery (at least that’s what was intended when this was written) and I don’t know if the anesthesia has worn off yet – or other complications. In any case I couldn’t sleep… so decided to get this on the hoof and out to you without delay.

 

            So much for housekeeping. Drop me a line at WMUU.com or my weblog.. “justaminuteradio.blogspot.com” and perhaps we’ll get the chance to shoot the breeze now that the days are growing shorter.

 

            Thanks for being here… don’t forget to vote… if you didn’t vote absentee… and we’ll see you at the polls next week.

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack & Barbara Buttram

 

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NEW YORK TIMES CARRIES STORIES ABOUT SIPHONING TEA PARTY VOTES

Just A Minute – The New York Times on October 22 – page A-1 – and the Saturday edition headlined Democrats Back Third Parties to Siphon Votes -- written by Jim Rutenberg. The Times article says:

 

“Seeking any advantage in their effort to retain control of Congress, Democrats are working behind the scenes in a number of tight races to bolster long-shot third-party candidates who have platforms at odds with the Democratic agenda but hold the promise of siphoning Republican votes.”

There’s evidence of that same kind of effort being mounted by the DNC in Nevada, Michigan and several other states of organized Democrat efforts siphon votes from ‘tea partiers.’ Actually it’s an old, disgraced effort to change results in close races and has been done by both parties at various times.  

The Democrats say the Republicans are to blame for their own problems because they have nominated candidates with inflexible stances which drives away independents.

¨     We’ll just have to pray – and to see. I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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CONFLICTING STORIES OF CHINESE 'FREEDOMS' - Just A Minute Radio for Monday 101025

            Wonderful to have you all with us on this brisk fall morning…

 

            We’re taking a little break from politics which has come at us so hot and heavy – and threatens not to let up as we get down to the end.  The Pollsters can’t do new polls fast enough to reflect all that’s going on these last few days. Indeed I think we tend to slow down in our ability to process all the information that’s developed in this final phase.

 

            But today the searchlight turns to Beijing and South Africa.  An evangelical leadership group has planned a nine day meeting in South Africa beginning last Saturday.  As 100 Chinese pastors and leaders were headed for the airplanes inside China to fly to the meetings – orders were given NOT to let them board the planes and to confiscate their papers.

 

            So the international meeting planned for South Africa will come up about one or two hundred people short of their expectations. It’s hard to get an accurate number because the South China Morning Post published in Hong Kong, reports more than 200 Chinese were denied boarding ability to fly to the international gathering in South Africa. What’s the reason?… I’ll give you the ‘reason’ we were turned down in Friends of Free China when we attempted to film inside Communist China – and we asked why.  The Chinese answer at that time was: “No reason just regulation,” Which is often the totalitarian response to any inquiry about the government.

 

            China, and any sovereign government for that matter, believes they have to answer to no one for their actions – and they are correct so long as they are willing to accept the consequences.  But the consequence is, their word becomes unreliable – and their motives suspect. Obviously such is NOT the way to build mutual trust and experience among nations with whom you wish to have good relations.  China’s attitude as long as I have had dealings with their government is, their government is right – so just don’t bring it up.

 

            Well, I don’t suppose we’ll settle the matter here today – and that won’t make the election any sooner either – nor the consequences any more palatable as they continue to slam the door on neighbor’s fingers.  What is it you fear?  That people of the world will see your anti-everybody attitude?  If so – what gain is that?

 

            So… let us turn first to our Heavenly Father for His answers and His blessings.

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack & Barbara Buttram

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CONFLICTING STORIES OF CHINESE ‘FREEDOMS’

Just a Minute: -- More than 100 Chinese Christians seeking to attend an international evangelical conference in South Africa were reported as barred from leaving the country. Some in the group said they were stopped because their churches are not allowed by the state.

Organizers of the South African conference say they expected more than four thousand Christians from all around the world to discuss faith, poverty, the AIDS epidemic and other issues at the conference which is planned to last nine days and began Saturday in Cape Town.  However members of the Chinese delegation were stopped at the passport control desks at international airports inside China where Communist Chinese officials confiscated their documents.

Meanwhile – outside the mainland borders, in Hong Kong, which is officially part of China but under different government administration, the South China Morning Post reported Red Chinese authorities said more than 200 leaders had been stopped.  Scores of Catholics took to the streets in Hong Kong demanding Beijing free imprisoned evangelists and allow people freedom of belief and religion.  The government has acted despite a formal invitation from the organizers.

¨      I’m Jack Buttram.

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THE ONLY QUESTION SEEMS: LOSE BY HOW MUCH? -- Just a Minute Radio for Friday 101022

            Great to have you here on a FRIDAAAAAY!

 

            It should be a beautiful day if you don’t get corralled to rake leaves, or tear out the impatiens and plant winter pansies… Then things may get out of hand… On the other hand you could declare it a yard sale day… only you forgot to put up the signs… Nothing to do about that now.

 

            The candidates… and even the non-candidates like those who love to ride AF-ONE – are out in full force. Nemmine how short the time, it’s time to see hominy votes you can round up – even if you have to shake those dead people out of the grave… Oh yeah… that’s just a Halloween prank.

 

            Some are saying you’d better participate in *this* election – there may never be another. I don’t subscribe to that view myself. (J)…Bright and cheery wins the day I say…

 

            So – odd ball things are going on… I once participated in an upper-midwest campaign where some of the ‘allies’ wanted to hire crop dusters to ‘seed the clouds’ producing rain to cut down the opposition’s vote. No matter that it’s not the time of year to be crop dustin’ at all!  No questions would be asked they assured me… they had friends with the FAA… Yeah… they have friends with the Bureau of Prisons also.  Sometime the power-hungry forget this IS a republic… and it’s a one person, one vote set up…. Not to be done wholesale.

 

            Well… those are days from yesteryear… I’m sure *nothing* like that is even being attempted these days. (;-)….

 

            Time to move on… have a great weekend… Don’t watch too much football or your pupils will take up an oblong shape and every door will look like a set of goalposts.

 

            Cordially… Have a great weekend – and don’t forget Sunday School and church on Sunday.

 

            Jack

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THE ONLY QUESTION SEEMS: LOSE BY HOW MUCH?

          Just a Minute: -- Oh yeah…I know NPR fired Juan Williams overnight – but I promised to take a look at the House of Representatives today and I keep my promises.

What’s most remarkable to me is the way Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden and company ignore reality and act as if they’re just out for a stroll. I’ve heard guesses there could be 100 House seats in play on November 2^nd.  That would take us back a ways. I’m just trying for a good guess.

Rasmussen predicts a possible 47 seat gain for the GOP – which could be conservative.  Larry Sabato at the Univ. of VA actually agrees with Rasmussen but says he just lets the facts emerge. Real Clear Politics more or less following the Gallup model comes up with 235 on the GOP side vs. 200 on the Democrat side – that’s evenly dividing the ‘toss ups’ – and at this stage it’s about as good a guess as anyone’s

We’ll take a look next week at some governor’s races which will have a great bearing on the makeup of the House due to the reapportionment for the next Congress.  

¨      I’m Jack Buttram.

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THE CRYSTAL BALL ROLLS AROUND THE TABLE - Just A Minute - Radio for Thursday 101021

            Once again… Greetings from statistics land…

 

            When you get down close enough to an election that you wish they would just quit talking about it and VOTE and that would be all… you know it’s been long enough.  I’ve delivered my speech several times about requiring a change-over to the British system of limiting campaigning to nothing more than a month… which would cut down on the amount of money that could be spent in that time also. But so far… everybody has been so busy winning the next election, nobody has had time to get rid of the plague.

 

            However… we’ll keep plugging at it!

 

            Today I tried to skim the cream off the top of the Senate contest. It is THE one most have said is unlikely to be overturned in one fell swoop – although that’s what they thought about the election in 1994 when both houses of Congress changed management under President Clinton’s rein for the first two years of his eight years as President. So … perhaps History will choose to be repeated this time.

 

            I could only get in the polling results from one pollster – Rasmussen – crammed into 60 seconds that JUST A MINUTE has on the air. So… I went for the top five closest contests as measured by the pollsters at this juncture… and that’s what’s on tap for today.  You’ll hear me huffing and puffing to get through just that much in 60 seconds. I don’t make a prediction – just the FACTS Ma’m – as Jack Webb used to say. And even the facts get stale and spoil under the duress of time and events.  So… we do the best we can with what we have.

 

            Rasmussen is a respected pollster. He’s not been at it as long as the Gallup organization has – and maybe next time I’ll turn there. But he was predicting Sen. Brown’s victory in Massachusetts to take Teddy Kennedy’s seat – and called it correctly. He pretty much sticks to polling a standard number… about 750.,.. which isn’t huge but apparently large enough for sufficient accuracy – and he seems to be fairly unbiased in the wording of his questions… which makes his product generally more accurate according to the polling gurus. 

 

            I profess no expertise in this field whatsoever.  I have just hung around long enough to know there are many ways to be wrong about predicting outcomes – so I tend to stand on the sidelines – and that’s what this is.  All those surveyed were not done on one day… as the election is… (except for the early and late voters… especially those ‘dug up’ to make a sufficient number in Illinois and certain other states. (L)… but we won’t go there today.

 

            Tomorrow I’ll have to do even more data compressing… but I think the House decision is about all ready made… we’ll see. And then we’ll coast toward the finish line with all kinds of late data floating around and causing still more confusion. But polling – like a square wheel on the farm wagon – Uncle Cyrus said: “It’s not the best… but it’s better than no wheel a’tall!”  Sounds good to me.

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack Buttram

 

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THE CRYSTAL BALL ROLLS AROUND THE TABLE

          Just a Minute: -- The Senate seems the most volatile indicator of the coming election – let’s look at five close contests: California, Illinois, Washington, West Virginia, and Nevada. 

          Republican John Raese, on October 20^th opened up a seven-point lead over West Virginia Democrat Gov. Joe Manchin; his largest so far. ## In California, Democrat Barbara Boxer holds a slight lead over the GOP’s Carly Fiorina -- Boxer has 49%; Fiorina 46% -- survey is a week old and within the margin of error. ## Illinois – GOP candidate Mark Kirk has 45% of the vote, while Democrat Alexi Giannoulias has 41%  – also about a week old near margin of error.  ##. Washington State – Democrat Patty Murray, 49% incumbent barely ahead of Republican challenger, Dino Rossi 46% -- less than a week old, and within margin of error. ## Nevada – Sen. Harry Reid – Democrat Majority leader against GOP challenger Sharron Angle. Angle has 50% to Reid’s 47% within margin of error.

These surveys are “Rasmussen” results of 750 Likely Voters.

          Tomorrow, we’ll take a look at the House, next week we’ll try to bat clean-up. It’s a complicated game.  

¨      I’m Jack Buttram.

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GETTIN' READY FOR THE HOME STRETCH - Just A Minute Radio for Wednesday 101020

            Hello again… Once more we’re in the middle…. The tipping point of the week.

 

            And we’re still finding ourselves wading through the swamp – which is considerably different than coming around the last turn on the race track. Unless your horse is a good ‘mudder’ it’s going to be dirty and sticky – which is where a lot of politics ends up nowadays.

 

            If you happened to see the New York State Governor’s debate Tuesday evening (if the word is not totally twisted out of context in such usage) you apparently got one of the most freakish shows of the season. I didn’t watch… I don’t have time for such … well… wasteful usage of precious minutes. I’m sorry for the people of NY… I wish things were better for them.

 

            By that I’m not ‘looking down’ my southern nose at my New York State brethren… it’s just it was apparently an inconsequential effort that took up a lot of time. Well… I suppose in the interest of free speech and expression… it did accomplish something – I’m just not sure what. And I definitely wish we could raise the standard of the largest city in the Nation to something more useful.

 

            [BTW – I thought L.A. had become the largest city in the USA but perhaps they’ve gone back to counting people and not freeways?]  Anyway… I know, I know voting is a privilege and a valuable thing to be able to do. I just wonder how much longer we can stand the mockery some people make of it – and how wrung out the whole process is becoming in this day of hyper travel and communication and everything else.

 

            So… hang in there folks… eventually we’ll get to the end of this twisty road and perhaps we can successfully help with the task of restoring some meaning to what’s been eroded already.

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack

       PS – For those who have asked, Barbara’s surgery went quite well on Monday and she’s recovering nicely at home – we appreciate all the calls and prayers.

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GETTIN’ READY FER TH’ HOME STRETCH                                          

 

MizP: JUST A MINUTE: – Ah want’s ta ‘pologize Mister Jack.

Jack: What in the world about , Miz Pearlie?

MizP: Las week hadda A-tack of th’ Jimmy Carter blues.

BB: Ah was like ta be ‘filcked lak tha-ut – but hit wore off.

Homer: Mr. Bill’s rite …You don’t want ta letum kreep up on ya.

MizP: Well…thankee…  ah jist had bin hearin’ too much on th’ radio…

BB: Them TandV peepul will shore gitcher in th’ ditch Miz Pearl… 

Homer: As we gits closter ta’ th’ final stretch ys jist has ta shut yer ears.

BB:Yeah,  Ah seed Mr. Carter tawkin’ like he did back in ’79.

Jack: Like what, Mr. Bill?

BB: Like rite after he done whopped th’ killer rabbit a swimmin’ toward him in th’ farm pond.

Homer: Oh… tha-ut rattled him bad.

MizP: An Mr. Obama looks like he ain’t a-gonna git ta ride Air Force One ‘n’more.

Jack: It’s a real come down.

BB: An on toppa tha-ut figger you gotta move back ta Illinois – um uh…

Jack: Now… the’re good folks in Illinois… you don’t want to hurt their feelings.

MizP: Rite Mr. Jack – hit’s a free country an you kin be wrong if’n you want to…

Jack: I wasn’t exactly sayin’ … –

Homer: Miz Pearl is a-meanin’ is you kin disagree with sumone wif’out bein’ disagreeable.

MizP: Thas a good rule Homer… 

BB: Ah’m glad we’s tawkin’ … ‘cause th’ baseball season’s ‘bout over.

Homer: What does poyticks have ta do wif baseball.

Jack: Sortsmanship!

BB: Yeah… but we still wants ta win.

MizP: At’s rite Mr. Beelie… but no stuffin’ th’ ballot box.

BB: Uh… yeah…

Homer: An safe er out – specially at second.

BB: And don’t git thrown out.

Jack: Which let’s me know… out is what we are – out of time.  See you next week … I’m Jack Buttram

 

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